Kanye surprised the WORLD last year by announcing he wants to run for President in 2020 - he even got advice from the ACTUAL PRESIDENT & has started his campaign!

At the MTV VMAs 2015 Kanye shocked the world by declaring that he wants to run for President in 2020, and it looks like he's started his campaign for the seat in the White House in another epic Twitter rant...

Kanye took to Twitter to campaign for the price of textbooks to be lowered and for teachers wages to be increased as he revealed that one of his main focuses as President would be around giving young Americans a good education that doesn't leave them in so much debt.

Yeezy took to Twitter to reveal his plans for his potential presidency:

Well, Kanye's not short of advice ahead of his presidential campaign - even ACTUAL POTUS Barack Obama has jokingly offered 'Ye some advice for his campaign to become Peezy (President, obvs).

Kanye was also performing at the same event, so Barack passed on some words of wisdom. "First of all, you've got to spend a lot of time dealing with some strange characters who behave like they're on a reality TV show, so you've got to be cool with that.

"The second important tip; saying that you have a beautiful dark twisted fantasy, that's what's known as off-message in politics, you can't say something like that.

Then Barack took the mickey out of himself and ended his advice with, "And number three. Do you really think this country is going to elect a black guy from the south side of Chicago with a funny name to be president of the United States? That is crazy!"

But it's not just the real life POTUS who's got Kanye's back - the website Yeezus2020.com has created a number of promotional videos supporting the Kanye For President campaign and they’re definitely something to behold.

Using footage of the rap star and speeches he’s made at various awards shows in the past, the clever Yeezy fans have created the perfect pitch for Mr. West to head toward the White House with.

Rihanna has also lent her support to Kanye’s move - although at the expense of Donald Trump!

Rihanna thinks Yeezy has as good a shot as anyone else running, telling Entertainment Weekly, "I mean people are voting for [Donald] Trump. Who wouldn't vote for Kanye? I'm really, really elated with his speech. His speech was incredible."

“Last night @KanyeWest declared his candidacy for president in 2020. Welcome to the race, Mr. West. Glad to have you,” the Democrat party posted on their official Twitter account after Kanye’s speech, seeming to back him as well!

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